社会工作场所：美国的社会资本、人类尊严和工作（英）

A Project of the American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy ResearchThe Social WorkplaceSocial Capital, Human Dignity, and Work in AmericaBrent Orrell, Daniel A. Cox, and Jessie Wall© 2022 by the American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research. All rights reserved. The American Enterprise Institute (AEI) is a nonpartisan, nonprofit, 501(c)(3) educational organization and does not take institutional positions on any issues. The views expressed here are those of the author(s).Cover Illustration by Danielle CurranA Project of the American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy ResearchThe Social WorkplaceSocial Capital, Human Dignity, and Work in AmericaBrent Orrell, Daniel A. Cox, and Jessie Wall1Executive SummaryAfter decades of social capital decline in America across institutions, the workplace continues to be a crucial source of social capital generation. Due to its ubiquity in American society, formal structure, and shared goals of members, the American workplace creates lasting social bonds. More than half of Americans report having made a close friend in the workplace or through their spouse’s work.Women in particular stand out as workplace social capital catalysts. While for decades the assumption has been that men are more likely to be careerists, our data show that today, college-educated women are more likely to be invested in the workplace, draw identity from their work in mid-career, and create and benefit most from workplace social capital. On the opposite end of this spectrum are noncollege-educated men, who are the least likely to invest in the workplace or benefit from workplace connections personally or professionally.Social capital at work offers significant payoffs in work-place satisfaction. Americans who have close work-place friends are more likely to be satisfied at work and less likely to be looking for a new job. High workplace social capital is also correlated with general well-being; workers who have close social ties with their colleagues experience less stress, anxiety, and loneliness. However, barriers and obstacles to healthy workplace socialization remain, including remote work, feelings of professional doubt known as “imposter syndrome,” the prevalence of sexist and racist jokes, and code-switching, all of which are present in the American workplace. 2The Social Workplace Social Capital, Human Dignity, and Work in AmericaBrent Orrell, Daniel A. Cox, and Jessie WallWork, more often than not, is the center of life for Amer-icans in a way that sometimes mystifies workers in other developed countries. According to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development data, Amer-icans work on average hundreds of hours more than their European counterparts do.1 On top of that, close to one in four US workers do not take paid vacation or paid hol-idays.2 American parents also take less family leave after the birth or adoption of a child.3 But what do Americans expect from work, are they getting it, and